Oral history interview with Frank Moorman, Sr., conducted on August 17, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mr. Moorman was a businessman in Louisville's Walnut Street area. Mr. Moorman discusses his parents and grandparents, and his early life in Owensboro,...

Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...

Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...

Andrew McDonnell January Cochran was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1854. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he graduated in 1873. He then pursued his law studies at Harvard University, where he graduated LL.B. in 1877. He was...

Crowds gather at Bowman Field's First Administration Building on Opening Day, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took...

Aerial view of three planes flying over a Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood. Tree-lined streets are visible, especially one long road, center left, facing the distance. The airplanes are probably from Bowman Field. The airfield, established in...

Aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Photo shows a plane on the tarmac, hangar, and administration building. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville...

Low altitude aerial view of Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The layout of the airfield is shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took...

Aerial view, taken from the right, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of planes on the ground, and three planes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...

Aerial view, taken from the left, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of planes on the ground, and five airplanes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...

Aerial view, taken from the right, of Louisville, Kentucky's Bowman Field. Two adjacent buildings, an air strip, three rows of airplanes on the ground, and four planes in the air are shown. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is...

Aerial view of six airplanes flying above grass at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. A man in a white shirt and black pants is below. There is a small white ring or path at the center of the photo. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H....

Aerial photograph of airplanes at rest at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Two adjacent hangars are at center, shown from the right side. Three rows of planes are in front, with one row of planes behind to the left and three other planes....

Aerial view of buildings at Bowman Field, near front of photo, and tarmac, beyond. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over commercial...

Eleven men and one boy stand in a row in front of an airplane at a Bowman Field air show, Louisville, Kentucky. Two men shake hands. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now...

A group of people pose in two rows, behind a sidewalk, at an air show at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. One woman is wiping her eyes with a handkerchief. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although...

Air show officials, including three men in suits with their hats off, stand in a small triangle near the front left of an airplane with plain ridged stripes, at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H....

Two pilots in an airplane with spinning propellers preparing to take off at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. A man stands on the right near the plane with one foot forward. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in...

Airplanes in formation for state tour, Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. Men and a woman stand on the tarmac with the planes, and there are two buildings behind the planes. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in...

Airplanes parked in air field at Bowman Field, Louisville, Kentucky. The airfield, established in 1919 by Abram H. Bowman, is still in operation, although Standiford Field (now Louisville International Airport) took over commercial airline...